Amends the Local Government Debt Limitation Act. Makes a technical change in a Section exempting certain indebtedness of fire protection districts from the indebtedness limitation of the Act.
Amends the Property Tax Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the definition of "33 1/3%".
Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Provides that the Department of Human Services shall include, in the annual service needs report regarding autism submitted to the General Assembly, a plan to provide family support mechanisms to enable persons with autism to remain in a family home environment. Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Extends eligibility for continued home-based skilled or intermediate care to persons age 21 or older (under current law, eligibility is limited to persons under age 21). Requires an annual determination of need for that level of care and requires the Department of Human Services to make an annual report concerning services provided and other matters. Effective immediately.
Amends the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act in the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that the redevelopment project in the TIF District created by an ordinance adopted on November 30, 1986 by the City of Effingham must be completed by December 31 of the 35th year (now, the 23rd year) after the year in which the ordinance was adopted. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning temporary orders in child custody proceedings.
Amends the Naprapathic Practice Act. Makes a technical change to a Section concerning the necessity of a license.
Creates the Welfare to Work Act, which places qualified welfare recipients in State jobs or jobs contracted out by the State. Provides that a State agency shall provide the Department of Human Services with a job announcement simultaneously with posting its positions or putting a position out for hire by contract, except for those positions subject to recall by laid-off employees, or those otherwise exempt. Requires the department to review positions, make eligibility determinations, recruit and screen potential employees, and refer aid recipients to apply for positions listed in job announcements. Requires employers to make all employment decisions based on merit, with not less than 5% of the hours worked on a State contract meeting certain specifications being worked by qualified aid recipients, with some exceptions. Requires that employment terms and conditions be the same as for any other member of the employer's workforce doing the same or similar work. Provides for reports regarding hiring practices under this Act to be submitted to the General Assembly, the Department of Labor, and the Department of Human Services. Amends the Personnel Code and the Illinois Procurement Code to make changes in conformance with the Welfare to Work Act. Effective immediately.
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the definition of "felony".
Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning teacher certification.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the duty to report an accident.
Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Makes a stylistic change in a provision relating to quick-take proceedings.
Amends the Downstate Public Transportation Act. Provides that a municipality or local mass transit district serving a nonurbanized area and receiving federal rural public transportation assistance on or before December 31, 2003 (instead of June 30, 2002) is a "participant" for public transportation assistance. Provides that if any Metro-East Transit District levies use and occupation taxes at a rate authorized by a certain provision of the Local Mass Transit District Act, then the State Treasurer shall transfer, by September 1, 2004 and each September 1 thereafter, from the General Revenue Fund to the Metro-East Public Transportation Supplemental Fund an amount equal to 50% of all of the District's use and occupation tax receipts during the previous State fiscal year. Provides that the Department of Revenue shall allocate and distribute the amounts in the Fund to the Districts in proportion to the deposits into the Fund as a result of the tax levy of that District. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Metro-East Public Transportation Supplemental Fund. Effective immediately.
